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The divine “Samosarana” (4404<UT) was formed, the "Ashta Pratiharis" (अष्टप्रतिहारी) present themselves in his services and the melody of the Devdundubhi (agf) rent the air.
The lord explained to all the meaning of Jeeva, Ajeeva, Atma, Karma and its fruits, the difference between Loka and Aloka, good deeds and sins, Truth and untruth, Asarva Samvara and Bandh, Nirjara and Moksha........
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(Shloka : Couplet) "EGO ME SASAO APPA” A stream of such holy lectures on different subjects followed and many found solace through it. Thus his “Dharma-Teertha Pravartana" flowed ceaselessly through the land, it preached compassion, non-violence, self-control, penance and vision in action; anekantvad - syadvad in thought and the Sarvavfrati, deshvirati vows in religion. Balanced by definition in behaviour, decorated by the night vision, right knowledge and right conduct, this all-pervasive “Pravartatja" formed the Chaturvidha Sangha the four fold religious order. Among the monks of this group, Gandhara Gautam Swami stood in the fore-front; among the nuns was Arya Chandanbala; among the "Shravakas" were Anand & others and among the Shravikas were Revati, Sulasa and a few other such scholarly women.
At that time several problems peculiar to the country, society and religion were: Division of people on the basis of caste, the high-caste brahmins and the low-caste sudras; exploitation of the women, hypocrisy, animal sacrifices and violence, rigidity, superstition, useless rituals and show 'of religiosity minus true devotion - in short, a materialistic attitude was to be found everywhere: Lord Mahavir had a solution to all these problems, a cure for all these illnesses, and an answer to all the questions:
"ht ufsat ant" (Song : Gouplet) “GAUTAM JAISE PANDITON KO" His voice, crystal clear as the waters of the Gangas, had a unique attraction, a nectar sweetness and the colours of the infinite truth in it ...
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(Song) “ANANT ANANT BHAV” It is said that this calm, yet deep, sweet, Divine, Melodius and soft speech of the Lord, flowed in Raga Malkauns.....
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(Song) “DHEER GAMBHIR ..... MALKAUNS” For 30 years after Kevalajnana, he spread his preachings far and wide and strengthened his "Chaturvidha Sangha". When his self-knowledge told him that life of his physical frame, the body, was to a close, he came to Pavapuri......
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